Soon we are aiming to obtain some real life evaluations of a our paper prototypes from our target audience, however having discussed the various prototypes between ourselves we can see some glaring issues that discount some of the existing prototypes we have thought of.
We basically sat down with a number of different devices from Si's gadget box of old and current hardware, to see how the various hardware interfaces actually perform. In one instance we took a jog dial device and imagined how it would perform in a 'wrist-watch' scenario, and so on with a number of other devices until we had a feel for how the interfaces we had designed in the previous post would actually perform.
We basically sat down with a number of different devices from Si's gadget box of old and current hardware, to see how the various hardware interfaces actually perform. In one instance we took a jog dial device and imagined how it would perform in a 'wrist-watch' scenario, and so on with a number of other devices until we had a feel for how the interfaces we had designed in the previous post would actually perform.
We also looked at other devices that have tried to pack a lot of functionality into the form factor of a wrist watch. The Brando MP4 watch gives us some clues as to what is possible and feasible and the moment and is available at the mass market for ~£50. Notice how later in the video the five buttons have a loud click action, and how the user has to position their hand to operate the device. Another thing to notice is the text size, which shows how large the text should be for good readability. Which is something we need to keep in mind for designing our final interface.
Our next step is to obtain user feedback on a narrowed down set of paper prototypes... Stay Tuned.
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